Quote Originally Posted by Europhyllia View Post
60" ATI T5 bulbs. The LFS tend to carry the 48".
It's really no big deal. My point was that the majority of the time I shop the sponsor stores even though I know I could get some things cheaper online. Brick and Mortar stores have more overhead, etc. and so they got to charge a few bucks more.

But I don't feel guilty if I buy something from a reputable online source (non sponsor) if I had a good experience with that vendor in the past and/or what I want is not easily available locally and/or it is significantly less costly to get online (like Vortech MP40ws - saving 100 bucks is a pretty good chunk)
absolutely. online will be the best buy every time. i would do so myself. but when things go wrong i can tell the local sponsor "it's wrong" fix it! and they can without cost to me or them.

my case in point.